Organ.



PATENTED MAR. 15, 1904.

D. SGHUSTEK.

ORGAN.

'ABPLIOATION FILED FEB. a, 1902.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1- NO MODEL.

PATENTED MAR. 15, 1904.

D. SOHUSTBK.

ORGAN.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 3, 1902.

3 SHEETS-$333121 2.

1 m MODEL.

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No. 754,713. PATENTED MAR. 15, 1904. D. SCHUSTEK.

ORGAN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1902.

NO MODEL. 3 SHEETS-$113121 3.

UNITED STATES Patented March 15, 1904;.

PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL SCHUSTEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HERBERT L. ANDREIVS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,713, dated March 15, 1904.

Application filed February 3, 1902. Serial No. 92,414. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LDANIEL SoHUsTnK, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Organs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in reed-organs, and has reference more particularly to the construction of the casing whereby the same is adapted to serve both as an organ-casing and also as a desk provided with the usual accessories.

Certain features of the invention are, however, applicable to desks other than that shown herein, and, vice versa, certain features of the mechanism are applicable to organ-casings which do not combine therewith the desk features.

Among the salient objects of the invention are to provide in one and the same structure a convenient, neat, and commodious desk which does not substantially differ in appearance from analogous desks in common use and to so construct and arrange this desk that it accommodates an organ mechanism and forms the casing therefor, which organ mechanism is made accessible by simply shifting the position of the top of the casing; to provide, i a construction of the character referred to, an improved construction and arrangement of the top casing and hinged connections thereof; to provide in connection with said shift-able top casing controlling mechanism which enables a portion of the top casing to be used as a music or book rest when the instrument is placed in a position for use as an organ, and, in general, to provide an improved and simplified structure of the character referred to.

To these ends the invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and the same will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the com plete device. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken in a plane through the drawer-compartments adjacent toone of the end casings and between the latter and the adjacent end of the bank of keys. Fig. 3 is a repetition of the upper portion of Fig. 2 with the shiftable parts shown in changed position. Fig. i is asimilar transverseverticalsectional view taken on a plane through the central portion of the casing, but showing so much of the organ mechanism as is necessary to an understanding of the general arrangement of the latter in side elevation. Fig. 5is afragmentary detail showing the construction and relative arrangement of the automatic locking mechanism which looks the swell-board. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the connection between the knee-swell and the swell board. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 7 7, Fig. 3.

Referring to said drawings, the casing is shown as comprising as its main features closed end walls 1 and 2, a flat top 3, desirably provided with an ornamental railing at its rear edge, as

indicated. at 4, a closed back wall 5, and a partial vertical partition 6, arranged parallel with the end wall 2 and between which partition and said end wall is arranged a series of drawers, (severally designated 7, 8, 9, and 9.)

The partition member 6 extends from the front plane of the desk rearwardly to a point approximately one-half the entire width of the casing, and from its inner rear edge a second partition 10 extends longitudinally across to the end wall 1 in such manner as to sul stantially subdivide the rear part of the casing from the front thereof and to form the usual recess beneath the table portion of the desk for the knees of the operator. The lower part of the partition 10 is arranged to incline obliquely downwardly and inwardly, as indicated at 11, so as to still further enlarge the front recess and afford more convenient access to the pedals, (designated 12,) which are pivotally mounted upon a longitudinallyextending cross-frame member 13. Said partition 10 terminates at its upper edge some distance below the top-casing 3, its upper edge forming the front rail, immediately behind which is arranged the bank of organ-keys 14, as indicated in Fig. 4.

The construction and arrangement of the set of drawers may obviously be varied; but as herein shown said drawers are separated from each other and mounted to slide upon intervening stationary partition members 15, 16, and 17, the uppermost drawer being covered bya suitable stationary tableportion 18, as indicated clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. Desirably, also, a mechanism is provided which normally holds the lower ones of the series of drawers locked until the uppermost drawer is drawn out, which latter drawer may also be locked against opening, thereby locking the entire series. As shown herein, said mechanism comprises a lever 19, (see Fig. 2,) fulcrumed between its ends upon the partition and carrying at its rear end an upright bar 20, which carries a series of rigid hooks 21, adapted to engage the upper edges of the rear ends of the drawers 8 9, and 9 when the vertical bar is in its normal lower position. The opposite or front end of the lever 19 is provided with a cam-surface 22, which is adapted to be engaged by a corresponding cam-block 23, mounted upon the under side of the top drawer 7 when the latter is drawn out, thereby depressing the front end of the lever and lifting the vertical bar 20 to release the subjacent drawers. The uppermost drawer 7 is provided with a lock mechanism comprising a catch 24, pivoted to the adjacent end wall, as indicated at 25, and adapted to interlock with a hook 26, depending from the lower side of the movable top wall portion 27. The lower end of the catch member 24: is provided with an angularly-disposed arm 24:, having an inclined or beveled end 24, which is adapted to be engaged and lifted by a cam-surface 7', carried by the drawer 7 so as to oscillate the latch 24 outwardly and release the hinged top section when the drawer has been pulled out slightly, as indicated in Fig. 3.

Next describing the construction of the shiftable and hinged top, upon each end of the movable top closely adjacent to the inner surface of the end walls of the casing are rigidly mounted a pair of depending strips 28, which are each provided with a longitudinally-extending slot or guideway 29, said strips being arranged to extend from the rear edge of the movable top forwardly to a point near the front edge of the top. Upon the inner face of each end wall is rigidly mounted aguide casting or forging 30, said members being similar at each end of the casing and arranged in exact opposition, and upon the upper portions of said members 30 are formed or mounted guide-lugs 31, which extend within the respective slots or guideways 29 of the strips 28 and constitute rigid connections between said top and said casing, whereby said top is held in horizontal position at both limitsof adjustment. The under surface of the shiftable top casing is also arranged to rest and slide upon the upper edge of the rear wall or casing 5, asindicated at 32, so thatin conjunction with the guide-strips 28, engaged with the lugs 31, the top as a whole accurately guided and is free to slide back and forth to a limited extent. At points intermediate the lengths of the strips 28 transverse ways 29 are arranged to communicate with the main slots 29 in such manner that the ways may be disengaged from the guide-lugs 31 when the shiftable top is in a position intermediate its length of throw by lifting the top bodily. The removal of the top bodily in the manner described is important, inasmuch as it permits access to the organ mechanism contained within the casing. The shiftable top section is made in two portions hinged together, so that the front portion may lift up leaf-fashion, as indicated at in F 2 and 3, and the front ends of the slots 29 in the guide-strips 28 terminate at a point just in rear of the line of separation between the front and rear sections of the top, so that the top cannot be shifted rearwardly far enough to expose the guir'le-lugs 31. The forward limit of movement of the shiftable top is determined both by the engagement of a rear edge molding 34, which engages with the upper edge of the back casing, and also by means of a pair of controlling-arms which cooperate with the guide members 30, now to be described.

The guide members 30 are so shaped as to provide at their lower and front ends guideslots 36, which extend obliquely downwardly and forwardly, and with these guide-slots are engaged the rounded or knuckle-shaped lower ends 36 of a pair of guide-arms 37, (one at each end of the casing,) which are rigidly united with the ends of the hinged portion 27 of the top. These guide-arms 37 bear such relation to the guide-slots 36 of the members 30 as to form in conjunction with the hinged portion a leverage mechanism which operates during the lifting up of the hinged section to shift the desk-top bodily rearwardly and into the position shown in Fig 3, and, vice versa, upon forcing the hinged section downwardly the top section as a whole is shifted bodily forward to the position shown in Fig. 2. In other words, the slots 36 of the guides 30 form, in conjunction with theknuckle-shaped lower ends of the guide-arms 37, a shifting fulcrum which permits a rectilinear movement back and forth of the desk-top as a whole.

A suitable ledge or strip 38 is provided upon the lower surface of the hinged section adjacent to its hinged edge, which when said section is lifted up into the position shown in Fig. 3 serves as a rest for the lower edge of the book or sheet of music. In this connection it is to be noted that when the hinged section has been tilted back to a certain inclination it'is arrested by the engagement of the lower ends of the arms 37 with the front walls of the slots 36,

The organ mechanism which is arranged within this casing may obviously be of any suitable and preferred construction, and its precise construction forms no part of the present invention. In the present instance I have indicated a longitudinally-exteriding supporting-board 39 arranged in the chamber behind the partition 10 so as to extend from a point near the lower part of the casing adjacent to the rear wall obliquely upwardly and forwardly, this support constituting both the rear side of the bellows 4:0 and also the sounding-board, upon which is mounted the reedand-cell mechanism, (indicated at ll.) The pallet-valves of the reed mechanism may be connected with the keys 14: in any preferred manner as, for example, by means of actuatingrods 42 and key jacks 43 and likewise the bellows may be of any preferred construction and actuated in any suitable manner, in the present instance a bellows strap 4:4: being shown as connected with the pedal 12 and arranged to extend upwardly and around a guidepulley a5, mounted upon the partition 10, and thence to and connected with the fly of the bellows. Desirably,also,knee-levers are provided, as indicated at 46 and a7,for controlling the various parts of the organ mechanism, these knee-levers being in the improved con struction shown herein provided with knucklejoints at points approximately coincident with the outer surface of the partition 10,through which they protrude, so that they may be folded down flat against said partition and out of the way, it being understood that the construction of these knuckle-joints is such that said knee-levers are rigid against flexurein a direction away from each other beyond a position at right angles to the front casing, through which they protrude. Inasmuch as the construction of these knee-levers and their connections with the organ mechanism form no part of the present invention such connections have not been shown or described.

4C8 designates a movable section of the back casing which is hinged at its upper edge, as indicated at 4:9, and arranged to open outwardly to constitute a swell-board through which a greater volume of sound may be permitted to escape, this swell-board being actuated by a lever mechanism 50, operable from one of the knee-levers. Means are provided for automatically locking the swell board in closed position whenever the desk-top is in its normal position, or that in which the device is to be used as a desk. To this end a bracket-shaped lug 51 is rigidly secured to the interior of the swell-board (see detail Fig. 5) and provided in its upper side with a notch 52, adapted to receive the end of a lever 53, fulcrumed between its ends, as indicated at 54:, to the fixed inner wall of the casing. The upper or opposite end of the lever projects underneath one of the guide-strips 28, which latter is provided in its under edge with a cam-shaped notch 55, located in position to register with the cooperating end of the lever when the desk-top is in closed position or forward limit of movement. Vhen the desktop is shifted rearwardly, the inclined forward side wall of the notch 55 acts upon the end of the lever cam-fashion to depress the latter, thereby lifting it out of the bracket 51 and permitting the swell-board to be operated. Vice versa, when the desk-top is shifted into closed position the lever enters thenotch and automatically locks the swellboard, it being understood that the long lower end of the lever is the heavier. This feature of locking the swell-board is important, especially when the desk is to be used as a schooldesk or otherwise where it is accessible to children, for the reason thatv the organ mechanism is readily accessible through the swellboard and it is important that it should be protected against tampering when the organ is not in use. For the same reason the depending book-support' 38 is so arranged as to form in conjunction with the front trimmer of the bank of organ-keys a complete protection which prevents access to the keys when the desk-top is in closed position.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that the details of my invention may be modified to some extentwithoutdeparting from the invention, and I do not, therefore, limit myself to these details except to the extent that the same are made the subject of specific claims.

I claim as my inven'tion- 1. A combined desk and organ-casing comprising stationary end and back walls, a movable top with guideways thereon extending parallel with the top surface of the desk, rigid connections between the casing and. said guideways whereby said top is mounted to shift bodily rearwardly and forwardly, and is maintained in a horizontal position at both limits of adjustment, said movable top being made sectional and the frontportion thereof hinged to the rear portion so as to be lifted up leaffashion.

2. In combination with a desk or table top support and a top mounted thereon consisting of two sections hinged together, means for imparting a bodily-shifting movement and a simultaneous hinge movement of the hinged section comprising means for guiding the top bodily in horizontal direction, a fixed guide arranged to extend in angular relation to the horizontal top and a fulcrumarm rigidly united with the hinged section and operatively engaging said angular guide substantially as described.

3. In a desk or analogous structure the combination with the stationary end walls thereof,

of a movable top consisting of two sections hinged together and means for imparting a bodily-shifting movement to said top and a simultaneous hinging movement of one section thereof comprising guides upon one member, parallel ways upon the other member, with which said guides are operatively engaged, a fixed guide arranged to extend in angular relation to the plane of bodily movement of the top, an arm rigidly mounted upon the hinged or swinging section of the top and engaging said angularly-disposed guide, the end of said arm engaged with the guide constituting a shifting fulcrum, substantially as described.

4. In a desk, of the character described, the combination with the fixed end and rear walls thereof, of a shiftable top consisting of front and rear sections hinged together so as to permit the front section to lift up leaf-fashion and means for imparting abodily-shifting movement of said top section and a simultaneous hinging movement of the leaf-section comprising guide grooves, or ways, upon the respective ends of said top section, guide-lugs rigidly mounted upon the respective end walls of the desk and engaging said ways a pair of laterally opposite guides arranged in angular relation to the guide grooves or ways of the table-top, one at each end thereof, and fulcrum-arms rigidly united with the hinged section of the top and operatively engaging said angularly-disposed guides substantially as described.

5. In a combined desk and organ mechanism, the combination of the stationary end and rear walls, a shiftable top comprising front and rear sections hinged together, the

bank of keys ar 'anged beneath and in rear of the front hinged section when the latter is in its normal closed position and means for guiding into and supporting said shiftable top section in a retracted position to expose the keys when the hinged section is lifted up substantially as described.

6. In a desk of the character described, the combination with the stationary end walls, of a shiftable top, consisting of front and rear sections hinged together so as to permit the front section to lift up leaf-fashion, means for permitting bodily-shifting movement of said top section comprising guide grooves or ways upon the respective ends of said top section, guide-lugs rigidly mounted upon the respective end walls of the desk and engaging said ways and means for disengaging said desk-top bodily, comprising transverse slots formed in said ways and communicating with the main slots thereof through which said guide-lugs may pass when the table-top is lifted up bodily.

7 In a device of the character described, the combination of a swell-board forming a hinged portion of the rear wall of the casing, a shiftable top and an automatic locking mechanism operating to lock said swell-board and controlled by said shiftable top, comprising a catch member mounted upon the swellboard, a locking-lever and operative connections between said lever and shiftable top, substantially as described.

DANIEL SGHUSITICK.

I/Vitnesses:

ALBERT H. GRAvEs, FREDERICK C. GoonwiN. 

